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Disregard for Rules

I notice how some people get annoyed and reluctantly comply with the laws of today, particularly regarding wearing masks and having their temperature measured at the entrance to public places.

I’ve seen several times how men and women wave off the staff of shopping centers discontentedly and try to bypass them to avoid having their temperature taken.

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Kazakh Latin Script

Finally, the public has been presented with a new version of the Kazakh alphabet in Latin script!

I believe that our people have achieved an epic victory over bureaucracy in their effort to please their superiors and have successfully fended off the terrible versions with digraphs and apostrophes.

The presented version looks the most successful of all previously proposed.

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Obedience of criminals.

A young prince turned to his aging father, the Shah, for advice:

“Tell me, father, how can I govern the country after you, to keep the subjects obedient?”

“It’s very simple, my son,” replied the old man, “keep everyone in fear and dependency on you. Start by imposing high taxes on peasants and craftsmen. If a peasant can afford to …

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When will the police leave prostitutes alone?!

Let me remind you that, by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, prostitution is not a crime, therefore the priestesses of love do not violate any laws, and regular raids on them, detentions, and delivery to the police station to determine their identity is a gross violation of human rights.

This is the same as if the police regularly …

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Selfishness in the service of society.

Sometimes I hear these words:

“This blogger traveled half the country in search of scandalous stories. All the fields and forests have overgrown. Do you think he is working hard for the sake of good business? No way! For himself, for his own fame. And you, like devout hamsters, are liking him and writing eulogistic comments. He just uses you. …

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Animals and cars

Europeans treat their dogs and cats as members of the family, cherish and pamper them, walk with them, bathe them every week, at the slightest concern show them to specialists, and treat cars simply as objects, as a means of transportation.

Kazakhs, on the contrary, treat their cars like members of the family, cherish and pamper them, wash them every …

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Should I write my nationality in the documents?

In Kazakhstan’s social networks, there was a discussion about whether to indicate people’s nationality in their documents.

Personally, I hold the view that official relations within and between States are important for official information about a person that entails some legal consequences. For example, if the passport says that this is a citizen of Kazakhstan, then he can come to …

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